Sierra turns into winter wonderland after weekend storms: Here are the snowfall totals

The National Weather Service Sacramento tweeted an image of Mount Lassen National Park "looking like winter" after a series of storms on Nov. 5, 2017.

The National Weather Service Sacramento tweeted an image of Mount Lassen National Park "looking like winter" after a series of storms on Nov. 5, 2017.

Photo: Mount Lassen National Park

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The National Weather Service Sacramento tweeted an image of Mount Lassen National Park "looking like winter" after a series of storms on Nov. 5, 2017.

The National Weather Service Sacramento tweeted an image of Mount Lassen National Park "looking like winter" after a series of storms on Nov. 5, 2017.

Photo: Mount Lassen National Park

Sierra turns into winter wonderland after weekend storms: Here are the snowfall totals

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Snow fell in the Sierra over the weekend, turning the mountain range shared by California and Nevada into a winter wonderland.

A photo of Mount Lassen National Park shared by the National Weather Service shows a magical scene resembling the interior of a snow globe. The park in northeastern California received some of the heaviest snowfall with a foot recorded at 6,700 feet and a couple feet falling at higher elevations.

The storm system lost energy as it moved south into the Tahoe area, dropping less snow than originally forecast yet still bringing a healthy dusting and a winter look to the region.

Homewood reported 4 inches, and Mount Rose eight to 12 inches. Squaw Valley received five inches at its base and one to two feet at the top of the crest.

"The storm underproduced in the Tahoe area," says Chris Johnston, a forecaster with the National Weather Service office in Reno. "The cold air stayed farther north and the polar front jet didn't move as far south so we didn't get enough ascent over the mountains to generate the amount of snowfall that was forecast. The front really slowed down."

"Mount Lassen probably had the most snow," adds Karl Swanberg, a meteorologist with the Weather Service in Sacramento. "That's where most of the moisture was. The moisture sagged south but at that point the system was running out of energy."

Another storm is expected to blast the Sierra later this week with wind gusts reaching as high as 80 miles per hour on Wednesday and Thursday. Snow showers will arrive Thursday and continue through Friday, with the heaviest snowfall on Thursday morning.